Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Propylheptyl Caprylate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Propylheptyl Caprylate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 58 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Propylheptyl Caprylate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Propylheptyl Caprylate softens and smooths the skin. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: emollient.

emollient

What other names and numbers does Propylheptyl Caprylate have?

CAS number
868839-23-0
CosIng reference
83771

Which products contain Propylheptyl Caprylate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Propylheptyl Caprylate in the ingredient lists of 58 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, facial creams and day creams.

  • Sunscreen26
  • Facial creams3
  • Day creams2

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 14 · France 13 · Sweden 6 · Spain 4.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Propylheptyl Caprylate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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